Bairnardo Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Because anybody who tries to buy an Easter egg after Easter Sunday is a Godless heathen.They get the Spring bunny holiday* stuff out the way so that they can stack the shelves with Festive holiday** stuff ASAP. *can't even call it Easter these days**Get locked up for calling it Christmas these days 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 9 hours ago, GordonD said: Because anybody who tries to buy an Easter egg after Easter Sunday is a Godless heathen. or Greek Orthodox. They have theirs next week. Anyway I bought two in Berwick upon Tweed today, the home of godless heathens as anyone who has been to Shielfield can attest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 20 hours ago, tamthebam said: Why do the supermarkets clear Easter Eggs as soon as Easter Sunday comes? I think they must return them to the manufacturers who reuse the chocolate for selection boxes. I actually gave up chocolate for Lent (not particularly religious but I like to see if I can do it) and didn't buy an Easter Egg. After being a chocoholic for years and giving it up for 6 weeks I'm not actually particularly fussed by chocolate any more. Probably because they need the shelf space for whatever ever the next promotion they'll be trying get folks to buy , sometimes you'll get some Easter eggs and the end is aisle where they have the short dated and yellow sticker stuff , I've picked up the eggs with a mug with them from that shelf in the past 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just me 2 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Has anyone on here renewed their passport recently? I've just applied today and hoping to get away for a week the last week in May. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 18/04/2022 at 00:25, tamthebam said: Why do the supermarkets clear Easter Eggs as soon as Easter Sunday comes? I think they must return them to the manufacturers who reuse the chocolate for selection boxes. It is not a good idea to keep them too long in case they hatch. HTH 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 9 hours ago, just me 2 said: Has anyone on here renewed their passport recently? I've just applied today and hoping to get away for a week the last week in May. My son renewed his a couple weeks ago. Was a very slick online system, inc uploading a phone photo. Came through pretty quickly too, think it was a week / ten days at most end to end process. About £75 though ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 18/04/2022 at 00:25, tamthebam said: Why do the supermarkets clear Easter Eggs as soon as Easter Sunday comes? I think they must return them to the manufacturers who reuse the chocolate for selection boxes. I actually gave up chocolate for Lent (not particularly religious but I like to see if I can do it) and didn't buy an Easter Egg. After being a chocoholic for years and giving it up for 6 weeks I'm not actually particularly fussed by chocolate any more. Need the space for Christmas stock, probably. The greedy capitalist pig scum. (got 5 creme eggs for 87p in Lidl last night though) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just me 2 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 My son renewed his a couple weeks ago. Was a very slick online system, inc uploading a phone photo. Came through pretty quickly too, think it was a week / ten days at most end to end process. About £75 though !Cheers, that was the same as me, means I can wait till it comes in before I book anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Need the space for Christmas stock, probably. Don't be daft, it's fireworks first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Was a very slick online system, inc uploading a phone photo.That part didn't work for me. Kept saying the photo had to be in colour. It wasn't greyscale, we just don't get a lot of sun up here! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: That part didn't work for me. Kept saying the photo had to be in colour. It wasn't greyscale, we just don't get a lot of sun up here! Same here - took a half-dozen efforts and where I am it's wall-to-wall sunshine! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 18/04/2022 at 00:25, tamthebam said: Why do the supermarkets clear Easter Eggs as soon as Easter Sunday comes? I think they must return them to the manufacturers who reuse the chocolate for selection boxes. Last delivery of Easter Eggs is usually the Wednesday and thats just depots clearing out what they have. Today is when we slash the prices right down to get rid of what shite is left and we get ready for usually a baby event and then Summer event. First actual Easter Eggs come in building around end of January. Easter stuff first comes in third week of December. Right now I'm looking at sales of last years Halloween Shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 What are these types of boxes called? Asking to ultimately find out where I can buy another one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 23 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: What are these types of boxes called? Asking to ultimately find out where I can buy another one. Looks like there might be a manufacturer's stamp on the lid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 28 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: What are these types of boxes called? Asking to ultimately find out where I can buy another one. Looks like Bobby Ball's coffin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Rectangular. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 That's a boxy box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 It's a type of stackable eurocontainer or eurobox. There are a multitude of variants. I thought these were outlawed in UK after Brexit.......... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hurricane Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 If I work a standard 5 x 8h shift pattern (with reasonable flexi time given), can my employer force me to stay past my finish time.on a given day? For example, I was on a 10-6 today and was told I had to stay later to clear the phone lines. This was obligotary and not by choice and I didnt finish until quarter to 7. No extra pay for this albeit the 45 mins will go on my flexi sheet and can be claimed back down the line. Can they actually enforce this over and above contracted hours? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 They can't force you to stay, that would be kidnapping. If you're in a union, ask them, if not join one, and then ask them. Or check your contract, if there's flexi time it might work both ways. I'm not current with general workers rights and protections, especially since Brexit and whatever's happened to the working time directive, but if you got told to work beyond your scheduled hours without reasonable notice and you weren't given a choice, that would look like unfair working practices to me. Worker's rights have gone to shit though since union membership has fallen away along with their legal protections. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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